New Jersey's Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill has faced backlash after blaming a "software error" for the improper registration of thousands of non-citizens to vote, only for the technology vendor involved, IDEMIA, to publicly dispute that account and place responsibility back on the state. The dispute matters because it has triggered a federal investigation into voter registration practices in New Jersey and reignited a wider political row over voter verification and non-citizen voting ahead of upcoming elections.

According to the article, around 6,600 non-citizens were improperly registered to vote, with roughly 400 of them going on to cast ballots in previous elections. Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon condemned the episode as an "unlawful dilution of American votes" and confirmed that the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division has opened a probe into the matter.